1Th 2:13 | NETfull | STEP | And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

13 And so ^{▼▼ Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”} we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, ^{▼▼ Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”} you accepted it not as a human message, ^{▼▼ Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.} but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.